Sound on Sound Possible Acts

With Bridgeport, Connecticut’s Sound on Sound festival returning for a second year on September 30th-October 1st and there is going to be an announcement regarding the festival on Tuesday (though it might not be a lineup announcement), I compiled several acts that make sense for Sound on Sound.  While I discussed some acts in more depth on my most recent episode of Groupie and Harmony, I listed several acts that would make sense and grouped them into categories by the likelihood of being booked.  I did not consider any acts that performed the festival last year and often focused on acts that either make sense with the genres of the festival last year or feel like a natural act to consider.

 

Headliner, confirmed

  • John Mayer

 

Headliner, possible

These acts fulfill the festival organizer’s criteria of having music played on a Connecticut classic rock station (99.1 WPLR), not having played in CT for 20 years, and being a stadium size headliner.

  • AC/DC
  • Bob Dylan
  • Metallica
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • The Who

While I discussed the other 3 on my most recent episode of Groupie and Harmony, AC/DC and The Who are late entries onto this list.  I think AC/DC is unlikely due to the fact that they don’t tour a ton and this isn’t their typical festival environment.  The Who is more likely, though it is worth noting that all their scheduled shows are in the U.K.; I think Red Hot Chili Peppers are the clear frontrunner.

 

Headliner, unlikely

These acts do not satisfy at least one criteria (typically having toured CT more recently).

  • Duran Duran
  • Foo Fighters
  • James Taylor
  • Kiss
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Muse
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • The Black Keys
  • The Killers
  • The Strokes
  • Tool
  • Willie Nelson

 

Possible

These acts are performing within 3 weeks of Sound on Sound and have an opening in their schedule.

  • Aly & AJ
  • Ana Popovic
  • Babe Rainbow
  • Bastille
  • Beck
  • Ben Folds
  • Bob Moses
  • Charley Crockett
  • Christone Kingfish Ingram
  • Drew Holocomb & the Neighbors
  • Easy Star All-Stars
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Ghost Town Blues Band
  • Grouplove
  • Hozier
  • Indigo De Souza
  • Living Colour
  • Maren Morris
  • Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
  • Morgan Wade
  • Mt. Joy
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
  • Nile Rodgers & Chic
  • Oteil & Friends
  • Phoenix
  • Quincy Mumford
  • Rebelution
  • Selwyn Birchwood
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Stephen Sanchez
  • Sunflower Bean
  • Taj Mahal
  • Tash Sultana
  • Tegan & Sara
  • The 502s
  • The Aces
  • The Beach Boys
  • The Breeders
  • Weyes Blood
  • Wilco
  • Wilderado
  • Yawn Mower
  • Yelawolf

 

Available

These acts do not have a conflict, though are not performing any shows within 3 weeks of the festival.  I expect many of these acts will announce tour dates for later in the year within the next few months.

  • 311
  • 100 Gecs
  • AJJ
  • AJR
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Alex G
  • Alexander 23
  • Alice Phoebe Lou
  • Allison Ponthier
  • Alvvays
  • Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
  • Andy Grammer
  • Ashe
  • Awolnation
  • Bernard Allison
  • Black Midi
  • Bleachers
  • Blitzen Trapper
  • Blue October
  • Bon Iver
  • Bones UK
  • Bonny Light Horseman
  • Boygenius
  • Cafune
  • Cameo
  • Cat Burns
  • Cautious Clay
  • Cedric Burnside
  • Celisse
  • Charlie Burg
  • Chelsea Cutler
  • Cimafunk
  • Coin
  • Colin James
  • Colony House
  • Copeland
  • Crumb
  • Cuco
  • Daisy the Great
  • David Ryan Harris
  • Dayglow
  • Declan McKenna
  • Dehd
  • Devon Gifillian
  • Dirty Streets
  • Dispatch
  • Dominic Fike
  • Donavon Frankenreiter
  • Dreamer Isioma
  • Earth, Wind & Fire
  • Ethel Cain
  • Ezra Furman
  • Faye Webster
  • Finneas
  • Fleet Foxes
  • Fletcher
  • Frankie Cosmos
  • Future Islands
  • Futurebirds
  • GA-20
  • Genesis Owusu
  • Girl in Red
  • Goose
  • Goth Babe
  • Gov't Mule
  • Great Northern
  • Gregory Porter
  • Gringo Star
  • Gus Dapperton
  • Gwen Stefani
  • Haim
  • Half-Alive
  • Hardy
  • Heartless Bastards
  • Hippo Campus
  • Illuminati Hotties
  • Iration
  • Jacob Collier
  • Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening
  • Jimmy Eat World
  • John Fogerty
  • Jordana
  • Joy Oladokun
  • Juice
  • Kat Wright
  • Kate Bollinger
  • Kevin Morby
  • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
  • Kip Moore
  • Koffee
  • Kurt Vile and the Violators
  • Lake Street Dive
  • Laufey
  • Leon
  • Leon Bridges
  • Lilith Czar
  • Lord Huron
  • Los Lobos
  • Lovejoy
  • Lovejoy
  • Low Cut Connie
  • LP
  • Lucinda Williams
  • Lucius
  • Madison Cunningham
  • Makaya McCraven
  • Manchester Orchestra
  • Marcus Mumford
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Matt Maeson
  • Matt Maltese
  • Maude Latour
  • Men I Trust
  • Metric
  • Michelle
  • Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs
  • Miko Marks
  • Mint Green
  • Miya Folick
  • Modest Mouse
  • Momma
  • Moonalice
  • Muna
  • My Morning Jacket
  • Niall Horan
  • Noah Cyrus
  • North Mississippi Allstars
  • Olivia Jean
  • Omar Apollo
  • Pavement
  • Peach Pit
  • Pete Yorn
  • Peter Cat Redoring Co.
  • Phantom Planet
  • Phoebe Bridgers
  • Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
  • Pixies
  • PJ Morton
  • Plaint White T's
  • Poncho Sanchez
  • Pond
  • Portugal. The Man
  • Priscilla Block
  • Queens of the Stone Age
  • Quinn XCII
  • Rainbow Girls
  • Rainbow Kitten Surprise
  • Regina Spektor
  • Remi Wolf
  • Ritt Momney
  • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  • Run the Jewels
  • Saba
  • Sam Fisher
  • Sarah Kinsley
  • Shaed
  • Shwayze
  • Silversun Pickups
  • Slothrust
  • Snail Mail
  • Spacey Jane
  • Spill Tab
  • St. Paul & the Broken Bones
  • Sublime with Rome
  • Sugar Ray
  • Tai Verdes
  • Tamino
  • Tanukichan
  • Teddy Swims
  • The Airborne Toxic Event
  • The Amazons
  • The Backseat Lovers
  • The Band Camino
  • The Bar-Kays
  • The Beaches
  • The Black Angels
  • The Black Crowes
  • The Bravery
  • The Faint
  • The Flaming Lips
  • The Gaslight Anthem
  • The Sensational Barnes Brothers
  • The Sounds
  • The Stone Foxes
  • The Struts
  • The Unlikely Candidates
  • The Vegabonds
  • The Wailers
  • The Walkmen
  • Thundercat
  • Tom Odell
  • Tomorrows Bad Seeds
  • Tropidelic
  • Two Feet
  • Tyke T
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  • Vulfpeck
  • Wallice
  • Water From Your Eyes
  • Weakened Friends
  • Wednesday
  • Welshly Arms
  • Will Tucker Band
  • Winnetka Bowling League
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • Yoke Lore
  • Yola
  • Zolita

 

Another Performance in CT

These acts are performing in Connecticut within 4 months of the festival, making it unlikely that they would return so soon.

  • Billy Strings
  • Dirty Heads
  • Goo Goo Dolls
  • Lupe Fiasco
  • Mavis Staples
  • Shovels & Rope
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band
  • Trombone Shorty
  • Umphrey's McGee
  • Weezer
  • Young the Giant
  • Ziggy Marley

 

Tour Not Scheduled

These acts do not currently have any tour dates scheduled and haven’t for a while (the former since they cancelled their tour last year and the latter since approximately 2015).

  • Black Pumas
  • Sufjan Stevens

 

Unlikely

These acts have a conflict on one day that will make it difficult to attend this festival due to travel.

  • Greta Van Fleet
  • Japanese Breakfast
  • Osees

 

No

These acts either have conflicts on both days, or are touring in a different continent during the festival.

  • 070 Shake
  • Cory Wong
  • Jelly Roll
  • Less than Jake
  • O.A.R.
  • Soccer Mommy
  • The Beths
  • Tyler Childers
  • War

 

 

Who do you think could be booked for this festival?  Let me know in the comments!

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